LPN Wages

S. Indiana $15-ish/hr in LTC, $13-ish/MD office. Hospitals? Not worth my time. They pay and use us as techs. Around $12/hr. That is all for new grads. At about the 1 year mark, it all goes up about $1/hr.

wow that's it? in PA, they start at like 20 and up! and just found out my friend who just graduated is getting paid 23 dollars at a nursing home! i mean with no experience and just out of school! and all she does is paper work and passing meds!

In the Balto. DC area LTC and hospital jobs usually start low to mid 20s, per diem close to $30 for new grads. Dr. offices less but I'm not sure how much. Good luck.

Our cost of living is pretty low. My husband and I make around $60,000/yr and live pretty comfortably. Median income in this county is $30,000, so it's not as bad as it looks.

Here in central Mississippi, a new grad LPN can make $18/per hr evenings at an assisted living facility or nursing home, $16 days, and $14/per hr in most good clinics. Those Doc-in-the-box corner after hours clinics pay $8-$11/per hr. Hospitals,,if it's money that is your primary goal, don't bother. I could be 17 yrs old, a high school drop out and make the same amount of money working the french fryer at Mickey Dees. I tried the higher paying ASL job but hated it, finally settling in at a nice specialty clinic and love every day! There is always some give adn take ina job, you simply have to find YOUR niche'! Good luck!

I graduated (LPN ) in 1993
and made $9.50 straight out of nursing school. After a few years I discovered our company was paying $2 more an hour to the "kids" than I was getting. Get this...I was training these children straight out of high school who made at least $2 more an hour!!

Anyway, depending on your location (political environment), I suspect a recent LPN/LVN graduate can earn $11 to $22 an hour. I recall working a stressful & unrewarding position in a skilled NURSING HOME for many years before I "fell into this Plumb job."
Please note: Even an Assisted Living Facility can rip the life out of you....

In Omaha, Ne you make anywhere from $15 to $20+/hr depending on specialties and shifts.

In Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, LVNs earn $18 to $25 hourly at nursing homes, and $13 to $17 hourly at area hospitals. Home health pays $25 to $35 per for 1 hour visits.